Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1864 |
255 |
2021 | (70) | 14 |
| 1865 |
276 |
2017 | (71) | 4 |
| 1866 |
284 |
2038 | (74) | 14 |
| 1867 |
256 |
2056 | (80) | 0 |
| 1868 |
250 |
2073 | (84) | 0 |
| 1869 |
237 |
2090 | (86) | 0 |
| 1870 |
234 |
2108 | (87) | 0 |
| 1871 |
236 |
2125 | (87) | 0 |
| 1872 |
225 |
2142 | (86) | 0 |
| 1873 |
208 |
2160 | (83) | 0 |
| 1874 |
190 |
2177 | (79) | 0 |
| 1875 |
182 |
2194 | (73) | 12 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Sayen, William Henry |
| Born: 14 May 1846 |
| Died: 14 June 1921 |
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| References |
| Books |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 374 |
| Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 103 |
| Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 10 |
| van Winsen, James Mason in America, page 72 |
| Periodicals |
| [BDE], 30 Dec. 1874 |
| [DCJ], no. 71, Mar. 1876, page 138 |
| [MCR], vol. 1, no. 12, Dec. 1874, page 497 |
| [MCR], vol. 2, no. 18, June 1875, page 206 |
| [NYC], 2 Apr. 1870 |
| [NYC], 26 Dec. 1874 |
| [PDEB], 5 Mar. 1864 |
| [PDEB], 7 June 1867 |
| [SZ], vol. 24, no. 4, Apr. 1869, page 108 |
| [WSoT], 4 Nov. 1865 |
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